A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1137 A Gathering of the Mighty and Powerful

Thousands of soldiers kneeled before Haiyuan Restaurant.

Before everyone stood a slim figure whose back was proud and straight.

His voice was filled with confidence and boomed loudly in the air.

Such was the confidence of the mighty, and the confidence of Ye Fan.

The vast army could do nothing to him. Neither could families of great political or military power.

These ordinary men and women were beneath his notice.

Ye Fan had never cared for neither the Lu and Xur families nor the terrifying power and influence that they wielded.

He had seen the oceans and thus, the rivers no longer drew his attention. He had seen the heavenly clouds surrounding the peaks of mountains and hence, the ordinary cloud no longer drew his gaze. Since Ye Fan had been a child, he had sworn that he would destroy the Chu family.

He had decided that the most powerful family in the world was his archenemy. Nothing else in this world could frighten him.

That had been why Xur Jun-Lin's threats had sounded like a joke.

Ye Fan didn't care about how powerful the Lu family was and how well-respected and influential Lu Cang-Qiong might be.

He knew only one thing. Those who insulted or offended him must die.

If the Lu family gathered their forces and tried to destroy him, then Ye Fan would slaughter the entire Lu family.

If they deployed the forces of this country in their attempt to kill him, then he would destroy this entire nation.

There were few in the whole of China who posed as true threats to Ye Fan currently.

The God of War, Ye Qing-Tian was one of them. China's arsenal of nuclear weapons was another.

Ye Fan didn't think that the Lu family had the power to deploy either of those though.

That was why he wasn't worried or afraid at all.

Li Er and the rest did not share Ye Fan's composure.

They were worried that the situation might spiral out of control.

"I hope the Lu family speaks reason and knows right from wrong. I hope they don't abuse their power and try to take Mr Chu down," Li Er and the others prayed fervently.

Ye Fan hadn't done anything wrong in killing Lu Ming-Feng and Xur Shao-Hua.

They had repeatedly provoked Ye Fan and tried to harm his loved ones. Ye Fan couldn't take it anymore and had killed them.

Ye Fan had been defending himself and his loved ones.

He hadn't done anything wrong in the eyes of the law.

If the head of the Lu family was reasonable and knew right from wrong, he wouldn't blame Ye Fan for what the latter had done. The Lu family had failed to educate their own properly and as a result, their young had suffered the consequences of their failed education.

Li Er and the rest were worried though that there was someone in the Lu family who cared for nothing but to protect their own like how Xur Jun-Lin had.

Such men cared nothing for reason or the law. All they wanted was to kill Mr Chu and avenge the death of their own.

The crowd prayed fervently that such a man did not exist in the Lu family. Meanwhile, numerous black Audis had appeared in Yunzhou and were speeding down its streets.

The rumbling of their engines sounded like the growls of fearsome beasts resounding in the air.

These cars sped down the roads, startling flocks of birds in the distant sky.

They looked like a dark tornado hurling down the street.

They disregarded traffic lights, barricades and the traffic police.

Even ambulances and fire engines had to give way to them.

The Audis drove down the road without pause or hindrance. It was as if everything had parted before them like the Red Sea.

"What's going on? Where did these cars come from? They broke the traffic rules right in the presence of the traffic police! Did you see how none of those police officers dared to stop those cars? Why didn't they? Those officers came after me like rabid dogs when I ran a red light. I had to suffer a fine and a scolding. Why were those cars allowed free passage? Aren't we supposed to be a society that runs on law and equal rights?"

Furious protests and comments of disbelief from onlookers and pedestrians rose in unison.

This was incredible.

They wondered who were driving those cars and where they had come from.

The man who had command over this fleet of expensive cars must be someone incredibly influential.

"Stop yelling. There's no such thing as equal rights. It's just a lie they print in books. You don't really believe in it, do you? In our world, there are rich and poor folks, powerful and powerless folks. Equality is a fairytale you tell children before their bedtime," said an old man amidst the crowd as he shook his head. "You want to know why those cars can break the rules? Just take a look at their license plates." Everyone's eyes turned away and landed on the vehicles' license plates as the cars sped away.

What they saw nearly made them jump.

Every one of those license numbers began with "Jiang" and was followed by an "A", then four zeroes. After which, was a single digit that began from one.

"JIANG A00001, JIANG A00002...do these cars belong to the Jiangdong provincial government?"

Everyone's eyes widened instantly as shock rippled through their body.

A few gasped out loud in shock.

Everyone knew that vehicles with license numbers that began with four zeroes belonged to the government.

The license number "JIANG A00001" was naturally registered under the name of the most powerful man in Jiangdong.

The head of the Jiangdong province had arrived in Yunzhou.

In fact, he wasn't the only one. The various leaders in the Jiangdong government had gathered in the city as well.

"Good lord, what the hell is going on? Is the entire provincial government gathering in our city? What is going on? Is the head of the state going to make an appearance too?"

A commotion began to spread in the streets when onlookers realized the identity of the passengers aboard those cars.

The traffic police officers were equally shocked.

Two generals had led hundreds of military vehicles into Jiangdong a while ago.

Now, the Jiangdong provincial government had gathered in Yunzhou.

This was quite the gathering of the mighty and powerful in Jiangdong tonight.

Everyone who held power or influence in Jiangdong had now amassed in the city.

Yunzhou had become the prime spot where the powerful assembled.

Everyone was bubbling with curiosity.

Why had they all gathered in Yunzhou?

Were they here to direct the military and arrest someone?

"What a party! The provincial government's in town. This is turning out to be quite some night! The military and every person of influence have gathered here. I feel like I'm in a Hollywood blockbuster!" Everyone in the area were having heated discussions.

No one had seen anything like this before.

First, two great generals and 3,000 soldiers had arrived in the city. Now, the upper echelons of the Jiangdong provincial government had made their appearance.

Moments ago, Yunzhou had been as calm as the water in a well. Now, it was akin to boiling water bubbling fiercely in a kettle, ready to erupt from its vessel at any moment.